A Year in Shorts Day 151: "Work Experience"
It’s the bane of any job-seeking millennial- the need for work experience. Every job you apply for requires experience. But how do you get experience if no one hires you? And it’s not just the well-paying jobs that do this! A few years ago I wanted to get a job as a sign spinner for the local Little Caesar’s, but they required work experience! Who has a job as a sign spinner, quits, then decides to get another job as a sign spinner? And so, as I face the prospect of rejoining the workforce after a year of unemployment, I turn to the world of cinema for comfort. And the 1989 short Work Experience provides just that by reminding us that the work experience paradox is nothing new- it’s been going on for decades! Well… maybe that’s not as comforting as I thought. (via IMDb) Quite by accident, the past few days in our Year in Shorts seems to be following the theme of "incredibly obscure films." That is admittedly not too surprising (the shorts categories are not the most popular